(SOUN) SoundHound AI - Ratings and Ratios
Voice Ai Platform, Conversational Assistant, Automotive Iot, Customer Service, Smart Ordering
SOUN EPS (Earnings per Share)
SOUN Revenue
Description: SOUN SoundHound AI November 05, 2025
SoundHound AI, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOUN) builds independent voice-AI platforms that power conversational experiences for automotive, TV, IoT, and customer-service applications across the United States, Korea, France, Japan, Germany, and other markets. Its flagship Houndify suite provides APIs for text and voice queries, custom command support, a large domain library, SDKs, collaboration tools, diagnostics, and analytics, while SoundHound Chat AI adds real-time data feeds (weather, sports, stocks, flight status, restaurants) and the Smart Answering product delivers bespoke voice assistants for enterprises.
Beyond the core platform, the company offers a stack of complementary technologies: CaiNET (machine-learning orchestration of domains), CaiLAN (response arbitration), Dynamic Interaction (multimodal customer-service UI), Smart Ordering (voice-first ordering for restaurants), plus core speech-recognition, natural-language-understanding, wake-word detection, text-to-speech, and embedded voice solutions for OEMs and enterprises. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, SoundHound targets both B2B integration and consumer-facing voice experiences.
Recent financial and market signals suggest modest but accelerating traction: FY 2023 revenue reached roughly $45 million, a year-over-year increase of ~30%, and the company disclosed a strategic partnership with Hyundai Motor Group to embed Houndify in next-generation infotainment systems. The global voice-AI market is projected by IDC to grow at a CAGR of ~20% through 2030, driven by rising adoption of hands-free interfaces in cars and smart homes-key tailwinds for SoundHound’s addressable market. However, the stock trades at a high forward-PE relative to legacy enterprise-software peers, and the firm faces intense competition from Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and emerging Chinese players, which adds execution risk.
For a deeper quantitative assessment, you may want to explore ValueRay’s detailed valuation models for SOUN.
SOUN Stock Overview
| Market Cap in USD | 7,183m |
| Sub-Industry | Application Software |
| IPO / Inception | 2022-04-28 |
SOUN Stock Ratings
| Growth Rating | 75.5% |
| Fundamental | 44.7% |
| Dividend Rating | - |
| Return 12m vs S&P 500 | 146% |
| Analyst Rating | 4.0 of 5 |
SOUN Dividends
Currently no dividends paidSOUN Growth Ratios
| Growth Correlation 3m | 70.8% |
| Growth Correlation 12m | 37.1% |
| Growth Correlation 5y | 71.6% |
| CAGR 5y | 98.13% |
| CAGR/Max DD 3y (Calmar Ratio) | 1.39 |
| CAGR/Mean DD 3y (Pain Ratio) | 2.29 |
| Sharpe Ratio 12m | -1.12 |
| Alpha | 160.20 |
| Beta | 2.791 |
| Volatility | 95.16% |
| Current Volume | 27803.6k |
| Average Volume 20d | 42603k |
| Stop Loss | 14.6 (-7.1%) |
| Signal | -0.65 |
Piotroski VR‑10 (Strict, 0-10) 0.5
| Net Income (-225.1m TTM) > 0 and > 6% of Revenue (6% = 7.89m TTM) |
| FCFTA -0.23 (>2.0%) and ΔFCFTA 5.54pp (YES ≥ +1.0pp, WARN ≥ +0.5pp) |
| NWC/Revenue 170.2% (prev 357.9%; Δ -187.7pp) (YES ≤20% & Δ≤-1pp; WARN ≤25% & Δ≤0 oder ≤40% & Δ≤-3pp) |
| CFO/TA -0.19 (>3.0%) and CFO -112.1m > Net Income -225.1m (YES >=105%, WARN >=100%) |
| NO Net Debt/EBITDA fails (EBITDA <= 0) |
| Current Ratio 4.84 (target 1.5–3.0; WARN 1.2–<1.5 or >3.0–5.0; CFO/TA gate active) |
| Outstanding Shares last Quarter (402.0m) change vs 12m ago 21.16% (target <= -2.0% for YES) |
| Gross Margin 40.52% (prev 69.08%; Δ -28.57pp) >=18% & Δ>=+0.5pp (WARN >=15% & Δ>=0) |
| Asset Turnover 31.07% (prev 20.80%; Δ 10.27pp) >=50% & Δ>=+2pp (WARN >=35% & Δ>=0) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio -81.65 (EBITDA TTM -199.0m / Interest Expense TTM 2.82m) >= 6 (WARN >= 3) |
Altman Z'' -10.36
| (A) 0.39 = (Total Current Assets 282.0m - Total Current Liabilities 58.3m) / Total Assets 579.5m |
| (B) -1.53 = Retained Earnings (Balance) -887.9m / Total Assets 579.5m |
| warn (B) unusual magnitude: -1.53 — check mapping/units |
| (C) -0.54 = EBIT TTM -230.4m / Avg Total Assets 423.1m |
| (D) -4.04 = Book Value of Equity -887.6m / Total Liabilities 219.7m |
| Total Rating: -10.36 = (6.56 * A) + (3.26 * B) + (6.72 * C) + (1.05 * D) |
ValueRay F-Score (Strict, 0-100) 44.74
| 1. Piotroski 0.50pt = -4.50 |
| 2. FCF Yield -1.90% = -0.95 |
| 3. FCF Margin data missing |
| 4. Debt/Equity 0.01 = 2.50 |
| 5. Debt/Ebitda 1.14 = 1.57 |
| 6. ROIC - WACC (= -89.81)% = -12.50 |
| 7. RoE -72.90% = -2.50 |
| 8. Rev. Trend 88.30% = 6.62 |
| 9. EPS Trend 89.95% = 4.50 |
What is the price of SOUN shares?
Over the past week, the price has changed by -13.39%, over one month by -13.86%, over three months by +40.73% and over the past year by +192.74%.
Is SoundHound AI a good stock to buy?
Based on momentum, paid dividends and discounted-cash-flow analyses, the fair value of SOUN is around 18.87 USD . This means that SOUN is currently undervalued and has a potential upside of +20.04% (Margin of Safety).
Is SOUN a buy, sell or hold?
- Strong Buy: 3
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 0
- Strong Sell: 0
What are the forecasts/targets for the SOUN price?
| Issuer | Target | Up/Down from current |
|---|---|---|
| Wallstreet Target Price | 16.6 | 5.3% |
| Analysts Target Price | 16.6 | 5.3% |
| ValueRay Target Price | 22.5 | 43.2% |
SOUN Fundamental Data Overview November 04, 2025
P/E Forward = 227.2727
P/S = 54.6481
P/B = 20.2167
Beta = 2.791
Revenue TTM = 131.4m USD
EBIT TTM = -230.4m USD
EBITDA TTM = -199.0m USD
Long Term Debt = 4.39m USD (from capitalLeaseObligations, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 2.11m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 4.39m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = -226.0m USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 6.96b USD (7.18b + Debt 4.39m - CCE 230.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -81.65 (Ebit TTM -230.4m / Interest Expense TTM 2.82m)
FCF Yield = -1.90% (FCF TTM -131.9m / Enterprise Value 6.96b)
FCF Margin = -100.3% (FCF TTM -131.9m / Revenue TTM 131.4m)
Net Margin = -171.3% (Net Income TTM -225.1m / Revenue TTM 131.4m)
Gross Margin = 40.52% ((Revenue TTM 131.4m - Cost of Revenue TTM 78.2m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 39.04% (prev 36.45%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 12.01 (Enterprise Value 6.96b / Total Assets 579.5m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.85% (Interest Expense 169.0k / Debt 4.39m)
Taxrate = -1.71% (negative due to tax credits) (1.26m / -73.5m)
NOPAT = -234.4m (EBIT -230.4m * (1 - -1.71%)) [loss with tax shield] [negative tax rate / tax credits]
Current Ratio = 4.84 (Total Current Assets 282.0m / Total Current Liabilities 58.3m)
Debt / Equity = 0.01 (Debt 4.39m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 359.8m)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.14 (negative EBITDA) (Net Debt -226.0m / EBITDA -199.0m)
Debt / FCF = 1.71 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt -226.0m / FCF TTM -131.9m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 308.8m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -38.85% (Net Income -225.1m / Total Assets 579.5m)
RoE = -72.90% (Net Income TTM -225.1m / Total Stockholder Equity 308.8m)
RoCE = -73.56% (EBIT -230.4m / Capital Employed (Equity 308.8m + L.T.Debt 4.39m))
RoIC = -73.52% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -234.4m / Invested Capital 318.8m)
WACC = 16.29% (E(7.18b)/V(7.19b) * Re(16.30%) + D(4.39m)/V(7.19b) * Rd(3.85%) * (1-Tc(-0.02)))
Discount Rate = 16.30% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: 100.0 | Cagr: 25.71%
Fair Price DCF = unknown (Cash Flow -131.9m)
EPS Correlation: 89.95 | EPS CAGR: 209.9% | SUE: 3.34 | # QB: 2
Revenue Correlation: 88.30 | Revenue CAGR: 62.74% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 1
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